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Markets

Ether Trading at 27% Discount to Fair Value, New Research Shows

Research firm RxR's blended Metcalfe law-centric valuation model, incorporating active user adoption of layer 2 scaling networks, suggests ether should trade at a market value of $275 billion.

Ether (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Tech

Ether Staking Landscape Gets Boost as SSV Mainnet Seeks to Dispel Centralization Concerns

The launch comes as the staking landscape is dominated by centralized staking providers, which together hold more than 70% of the staked ether (ETH) supply.

Depiction of light rays connecting blocks.

Tech

Lido’s Staked Ether Tokens Can Soon Be Used on Cosmos, IBC Blockchains

Lido is the leading provider of liquid-staking solutions and its staking token, stETH, has a $13.8 billion market capitalization.

Lending money handing over paying cash (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $25K With Altcoins Bracing for Deeper Crash from FTX Crypto Sale

Alternative cryptocurrencies could take a hit as FTX looks to shed its $3.4 billion stash of digital assets, crypto services provider Matrixport noted.

BTC price on Sep. 11 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Cboe's BZX Exchange Files to Launch Ark 21Shares, VanEck Spot Ether ETFs

If approved, these would be the first spot ether ETFs in the U.S.

Cboe (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Little-Changed at $25.7K After Newsy and Volatile Session

Broader crypto markets were modestly lower late on Wednesday.

Bitcoin flat after volatile session (CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Files for First Spot Ether ETF

The Ark 21Shares Ethereum ETF is the first attempt to list such a fund in the U.S. that directly invests in ETH, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Buy Ether Instead of Bitcoin to Ride ETF Momentum, Crypto Research Firm Says

There’s a high probability of approval on or before the SEC’s final deadline in mid-October for a decision on the first ether futures ETF in the U.S.

Timeline for crypto-related ETFs in October (Bloomberg/K33 Research)

Markets

Deribit Sees 17% Growth in Crypto Derivatives Trading Volume in August, Led by Options

Deribit registered an increase in crypto derivatives trading volume even as global activity declined by 12.1% to around $1.6 trillion.

Top crypto exchanges: monthly derivatives volume trends (Coingecko, Deribit)

Videos

Ether Heads for 'Death Cross'

Ether (ETH) is on track to form a long-term bearish indicator known as a "death cross." TradingView data shows that ether's 50-day simple moving average is on pace to move below its 200-day moving average, signaling a growing weakness in ether's price. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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